Ahmed Afif (born 6 January 1967) is a Maldivian-Seychellois politician and banker who has served as the
Vice President of Seychelles since 27 October 2020.
Biography
Ahmed Afif was born in
Mahé in the Seychelles as the son
Abdulla Afif and Aneesa Ali. He is of
Maldivian descent; his father was the President of the
United Suvadive Republic
The United Suvadive Republic ( Dhivehi: އެކުވެރި ސުވާދީބު ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ) was a short-lived breakaway state from the Sultanate of Maldives between 1958 and 1960, consisting of the three southern atolls of the Maldive ...
from 1959 to 1963.
Afif graduated from
Warwick University
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in Maths, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics.
He had served as chairman of NouvoBanq Seychelles and Seychelles Savings Bank.
He was first elected to the
National Assembly
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in 2006
for the
Anse Etoile Constituency.
In 2015, he joined the
Seychellois Alliance as the running mate of
Patrick Pillay in the
2015 presidential election. In 2016, the Seychellois Alliance joined
Linyon Demokratik Seselwa for the 2016 election. In 2018, Afif was elected the Deputy Speaker of Seychelles' National Assembly.
On 27 October 2020, after the LDS won the
2020 Seychellois general election
General elections were held in Seychelles on 22–24 October 2020 to elect the President and members of the National Assembly. The National Assembly elections had been due in 2021, but in July 2020 were brought forward by President Danny Faur ...
, Afif was sworn in as Vice-President.
On 4 November 2020, the portfolios of Information and Information Communication Technology were assigned to Afif.
References
1967 births
Living people
Government ministers of Seychelles
Vice-presidents of Seychelles
Seychellois economists
Seychellois people of Maldivian descent
Alumni of the University of Warwick
People from Mahé, Seychelles
Linyon Demokratik Seselwa politicians
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